27 - Letter from Fr. Joseph Fenelon

27

Letter from Fr. Joseph Fenelon

2 pp; typescript

Letter from Fr. Joseph Fenelon OFM Cap. to Fr. Peter Bowe OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, reporting on several administrative and community matters within the mission. Father Fenelon describes visiting ‘the whole ground with Luke’ to discuss plans for a new school and community house in Bend, Oregon. He relates that Fr. Albert’s health is deteriorating. He has undergone a second operation at Santa Barbara hospital, where a significant amount of water was removed from him. While he showed brief improvement, he is now reported as ‘somewhat weaker’ and is not expected to live much longer. He also notes that Fr. Dominic O’Connor OFM Cap. wishes to remain in Santa Barbara with Fr. Albert but Father Fenelon suggests that would not serve him well and that he should go back to Santa Inés and see Fr. Albert ‘now and again’. Fathers Raphael, Leo, and Brendan are mentioned as requesting to go home for the summer.

ISAD(G) 2nd edition